You’re just ignoring the facts.
1. When Conor fought Max, Max already had 5 UFC fight experience and went on his amazing streak to the title after the Conor fight. Conor outclassed him in every aspect of the game and would school him today as well. People were saying that Max would starch DP in their rematch, because he’s a different fighter now. Look how well it went for him. And by the way DP is another one who Conor absolutely destroyed.
2. DP would 100% get a shot for a title if he would have beaten Conor at FW. He was on impressive 3 fight win streak.
3. Denis Siver was ranked #10
4. Mendes was an excellent win
5. Conor predicted he would KO with the exact shot he said he would and was seen practicing it in the locker room before the fight. He also KO another dude before that with the same exact sequence. 100% a fluke
6. Nate Diaz was ranked #8 and is former title challenger. Conor fought him going up two weight classes. Imagine Khabib vs Till at 185?
7. Win over Eddie was probably an all time top 3 performances by a title challenger
8. Cowboy was ranked #5 when Conor whooped his ass
So that’s 8 top 10 wins not 5. Conor has a solid case for being an all time top 10, being the double champ, undefeated at FW, KO wins in 3 weight classes, 22-4 in MMA, 10-2 UFC, 3-1 UFC title fights, no failed drug tests
Lol, Dennis Bermudez whooped his ass worse in the fight just prior too that, why doesn't that count for him, would he whoop Max now? Max was always a competent striker, what he lacked was TDD and serviceable ground game giving him the chance too threaten with submissions or get back up when taken down, that's what has drastically improved since then. Not too mention who cares if he was 5 fights into his career when those fights where against 30-15 competition?
If Conor can't get Max down today how do you see him winning since we already know he can't hurt him with strikes and was intact himself the only one that got hurt striking in their fight?
Yeah, like Max Poirer was also much improved and he also didn't really get "whooped" he got clipped in an exchange by making 1 very small mistake which I'm sure he and his team immediately saw after the fight and addressed, as is evidenced by his much improved Boxing and Boxing defence. Plus 155 Dustin has clearly shown how much better he is when he doesn't put himself through massive weight cuts. You're right he probably would have gotten a shot with a win there though since Aldo had already beaten everyone else in front of him.
Lol, a South paw "accurately predicted" he was going to KO an orthodox puncher with a counter left!!!! God damn, that really is unprecedented given the Southpaw always has the advantage of the inside step when countering a left hook with a left hook haha, but didn't he predict this exact same thing in every other fight too?
Did he also predict he would get hit extremely hard himself in the process and if not for his chin and the punch being about 2" higher than would have been ideal may very well have been apart of the greatest 13 second double KO in FW history? (Which in hindsight would have been the best case scenario for the fans).
Yeah, his performance against Eddie was fantastic, credit where credits due but top 3 all time.... Really?
Jones/ Shogun, Couture/ Liddell, GSP/ Hughes 2, Penn/ Sherk, Silva/ Franklin, Shogun/ Machida and arguably Eddie himself over RDA are all better just off the too of my head.
Yeah, Siver went from 12th too 10th (thought it was 8th) by signing the contract so I don't count him, (nor should anyone else), Diaz got ranked at WW for beating Conor who wasn't a ranked WW so again, irrelevant, and you don't get ranked wins against LWs if you fight them at WW because you can't be bothered doing the unpleasant part of your job, (or at least nobody else does, I know we like too make exceptions in the case of Conor though) so again irrelevant bringing us back too 4 like I said, its about the facts right? Haha. (My bad, I said 5 but I'm not sure who the 5th is) Poirer, Mendez, Aldo, Eddie. Even if you're being nice and give him Diaz and Cowboy that's still only 6 since Siver has no business being included .
Moved up too weight classes..... Lol. You mean the guy who's own coach said was 172 in the cage against Aldo but then suddenly had to "eat 3 breakfasts a day" just too make 168?
Why a Khabib vs Till analogy though? Wouldn't it be more accurate if you said Khabib vs say Mike Perry at 185? Why Till who actually had a winning record at WW against ranked opponents and fought for the belt there?
Even thats a stretch though since Perry wasn't a career WW who briefly stepped up too 170 before coming back down after getting rag dolled there.